Gillian Tully

CEO & Founder

Gillian was first hooked by the acting bug at the age of nine years’ old at Primary School where she was given the lead role of Scrooge in the Christmas play.
 After going stir crazy working in various roles in the corporate world, Gillian realised where her true passion lay and threw caution to the wind and took up Performing Arts and Theatre Study courses.

Gillian joined the masses, working as a Supporting Artist and Extra on various productions including The Bill, EastEnders, Brittas Empire, Ruth Rendell Mysteries amongst others and was lucky enough to get the odd line now and then.

As well as acting, Gillian has worked on many roles within the film production cycle covering Location Management, Assistant Producer, Production Manager and Co-Producer, and yes, even makes a great cup of tea! 

Whilst living out in Australia Gillian ran the lighting and sound department for various theatre productions in Sydney.

Her acting highlight so far has been working alongside Alison Steadman and Michael Attwell on the West End Stage. (Treading the boards as well as dodging the camera…..)

Over the years Gillian realised what was missing on the south Coast and set up FILM EXPO SOUTH in 2015. After successful exhibitions and many seminars, Gillian is focusing her time on the Film Offices for Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight working closely with the local film community, Universities and Councils.

Film Expo South is currently working with various Film Offices on new initiatives to help connect creatives and fund TV and Film, so stay tuned @filmexposouth.

Peter G. Barnes

Operations Director

After 10 years of travelling the world with Racal Electronics as a design engineer in military radio communications, Peter then went on to join IBM in the mid 80’s as their Desktop Publishing Manager where he was at the fore front of the personal computer revolution.,

He then went on to set up his own ITC company specialising in network planning, design, implementation and support for many companies covering the legal, film, pharmacy and aviation refuelling industries. With offices based in Poland Street WC1, it is no surprise his clients included many well-known film and TV companies such as Comic Strip, Spitting Image, BFTPA, and the Media Show.

More recently, he helped set up the communications and cashless systems for the 2012 London Olympics, also many town centre BID Systems  and membership platforms for numerous football and rugby clubs.

As well as being involved with the Dorset Film Office in the role of Operations Director, due to his vast knowledge in ITC, Peter is an excellent Chef and has now setup his own mobile catering company: On-set Catering - specialising in high quality food for low budget movies.

Corinne Annunziata

Business Development Manager

Corinne has been involved with Film Expo South from the outset and the setting up of the Dorset Film Office and is now taking a more active role with the platform.  She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and expertise in sales, marketing and the Film and TV industry.

Over the years, Corinne has been involved in sales for many prestigious companies such as Estee Lauder, Yves Saint Laurent and Crème de la Mer to name but a few.

As well as her role in sales, Corinne is an experienced actress and voice over artist and brings with her a wide knowledge of sales, acting and modelling.

Alice D. Cooper

Communications & Content Creator

Alice is an award-winning advertising copywriter and screenwriter. She’s also published short stories and joke books, and been an associate lecturer on the MA Screenwriting at the London College of Communication. 

She started directing in 2010, and has completed a slate of shorts from her own scripts for Hurcheon Films.   Combining her advertising experience with film making, she wrote and directed two corporates for London production company Schmick.

In 2016, Alice wrote and presented a stage play in London, completed the award-winning short documentary Writing the Peace, a self-shot experimental piece called Spring on the Strand, and the multi-award winning supernatural short The Penny Dropped.  

In 2017, she filmed Home to the Hangers about Hampshire poet Edward Thomas as one of the winners in the Directors UK Alexa Challenge. In 2018, this won a special category award from the Imperial War Museum, Best British Short and was honoured with a cinematography award created especially for the film by the Purbeck Film Festival. She made another poetry film in 2018 for the New York-based Visible Poetry Project. 

Currently she’s working on scripts with her agent Meg Davis at the Ki Agency, while also developing a string of comedy, dance and animation shorts.